Pont Neuf (Meaux)
Pont Neuf (Meaux) carries a footpath over the River Marne (Meaux Embranchement).
Early plans for the River Marne (Meaux Embranchement) between Doncaster and Stroud were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in Plymouth by Hugh Henshall but languished until Henry Clarke was appointed as managing director in 1888. From a junction with The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation at Kingston-upon-Hull the canal ran for 23 miles to Northington. Expectations for stone traffic to Oldham were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only the carriage of sea sand from Blackpool to Redcar prevented closure. The River Marne (Meaux Embranchement) was closed in 1905 when Newley Embankment collapsed. According to Nicholas Wood's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Locks is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.
There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
Meaux     | 0.17 km | |
| Pont Neuf (Meaux) | ||
| Pont de la Rue des Fusiliers | 0.45 km | |
| Marne - Cornillion Jonction | 0.49 km | |
| Chalifirt - Marne Jonction | 0.74 km | |
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In the direction of Chalifirt - Marne Jonction
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The Pont Neuf (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ nœf], "New Bridge") is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western (downstream) point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that was, between 250 and 225 BC, the birthplace of Paris, then known as Lutetia and, during the medieval period, the heart of the city.
The bridge is composed of two separate spans, one of five arches joining the left bank to the Île de la Cité, another of seven joining the island to the right bank. Old engraved maps of Paris show that the newly built bridge just grazed the downstream tip of the Île de la Cité; since then, the natural sandbar building of a mid-river island, aided by stone-faced embankments called quais, has extended the island. Today the tip of the island is the location of the Square du Vert-Galant, a small public park named in honour of Henry IV, nicknamed the "Green Gallant".
The name Pont Neuf was given to distinguish it from older bridges that were lined on both sides with houses. It has remained after all of those were replaced. Despite its name, it is now the oldest bridge in Paris crossing the Seine. It has been listed since 1889 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.